Paris: Charles Massin, [1905]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 11, [1] (text), 100 loose plates, as issued (Vol.1) [8]pp (text), 100 loose plates, as issued (Vol.2). Original half red cloth over burgundy morocco portfolio with gold lettering on front covers and spines. String ties. Vignette on each title page. Stunning collection..... More
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New York: The Office of Thierry W. Despont Ltd., 2000. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Elephant folio. 267, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated title page. Foreword hand-signed by Thierry W. Despont (TWD). This handsome volume..... More
Wien: Anton Schroll & Co., 1930. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 132pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over stiff wrappers. Remarkable architectural work on the development of new ideas of construction and form. This striking photographic survey of French architecture by Roger Ginsburger, features bridges, industrial buildings and factories, monuments such as the..... More
Wien: Halm & Goldmann, 1906. Hardcover. Elephant Portfolio (16 3/4 x 12 3/4"). 4pp., 252 motifs on 192 plates. Original portfolio with black three-quarter cloth over orange paper-covered boards with black lettering on cover; string ties. Extensive collection of historically important and unusual architecture and sculptures, churches and convents, castles..... More
Berlin: ERMO Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1929 / 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 192, 440 (6)pp. Original blue cloth with debossed red design, red and silver lettering on covers and spine. Guidebook for the assessment of building lots in Berlin in 1928 for the computation of property taxes based on the new..... More
Петроград (Petrograd): Издательство «Свободное Искусство» (Liberal Arts), 1918. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Folio.157, [1]pp. Original printed dust-jacket over half green cloth and decorative paper covered boards. Pictorial endpapers. Decorative head-, tailpieces, and initials. Lavishly illustrated with 101 duo-tone photographic reproductions mounted onto heavy paper, this handsome volume documents the..... More
Paris: Librairie Centrale D'Art et Architecture, 1910. First edition. Folio. 3 volumes in folio. 40pp. of text + 240 plates, numerous images per plate. Some age wearing to edges. Spine of volume two torn; a few ties missing. A deep photographic study of the Roman architecture in France. Primarily exterior..... More
Salzburg-München: Anton Pustet, (1999). 2nd edition (revised). Hardcover. Oblong Elephant portfolio. 182 pages (loose) resting in blue cloth clamshell box with lettering in white on front cover. Corners of box split but still firmly holding. Minor age wear, scuffing and staining on box. 22 pages of text (two columns per..... More
Los Angeles: John C. Brasfield, 1949 - 1963. Softcover. Unique collection containing 17 large and 3 extra (small) issues. The magazine was published quarterly (2 large issues & 2 extra issues published annually). The larger issues contain residential and some commercial architecture with a focus on luxury California homes, which..... More
![Arroyo Seco Parkway Corridor Management Plan [WITH] Arroyo Seco Parkway. Los Angeles to Pasadena...](/pictures/thumb/36957.jpg?v=1434442322)
Washington DC: Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, 1999. Original study. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Ring folders with illustrated b/w Xerox copies as title pages slipped into transparent cover pockets and 8 1/2 x 11 content sheets. Documentation of the efforts to admit the Arroyo Seco Parkway into the National..... More
Jerusalem: Deutsch-Israelitische Bicur-Cholim Hospital, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 9 (1), 7 foldouts, 16pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped decorative ruling and lettering on covers, protected in modern mylar. Yellow endpapers. A short, illustrated presentation of the architect's plan, layout and dimensions of the building and its apartments. Illustrated with..... More
Chicago: The Gravure Illustration Company, 1905. Hardcover. Folio. Published in nine parts, all in gold decorated original wrappers. The nine volumes are resting in a cloth portfolio with ties and title in gold on cover. Bottom right edge of portfolio split but still firmly holding. Some scuffing and staining to..... More
Wien: Anton Schroll, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio (16 x 12"). 8pp., 57 plates. Original illustrated olive portfolio with black lettering on cover and spine housed in cardboard slipcase with printed label on cover. Color lithograph on title page. Portfolio of works from the Ohmann Master School of Architecture..... More
Tokyo: 株式会社清水組 (Shimizu Group), 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 12x9". [5] 170pp. Black buckram boards, with gilt lettering on the spine. The finely produced work is a visual review of the structures designed and built by the Shimizu Group (now known as 清水建設株式会社 the Shimizu Corporation) in 1937. These..... More
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London: Tersons Ltd./ Bildon Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Unpaginated. A unique presentational copy for Sir Andrew M. MacTaggart, finely bound in a deluxe signed red leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Debossed gilt lettering and company insignia on the front cover, with gilt ruling on the front..... More
(東京/京城)Tokyo/Seoul: (朝鮮總督府) Chosen Sotokufu (Office of the Governor of Korea), 1932. Ex-library, first edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. 16x12". (8) + 135 plates. (1). Modern tan buckram clamshell box, with black lettering on the spine. Decorative tan cloth boards with black Japanese lettering over a white label on the front cover..... More
![A Model Japanese Villa [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]. Kazumasa Ogawa](/pictures/thumb/39278.jpg?v=1439339898)
Tokyo: Published by the author, 1899 (Meiji 32). First and only edition. Softcover. Large oblong quarto (14 3/4 x 11 1/2"). [1] leaf (Title), [15] leaves (Plates). Original string-bound stiff wrappers covered with decorative rice paper, with title pasted on front cover. Title inscribed in French and signed by Commander..... More
Stuttgart: Architektur-Verlag von Wilhelm Kick, (1900). Hardcover. [2],40 loose leaves resting in green cloth portfolio with decorative stiff-paper folding flaps, gold lettering on front board. Illustrated title-page. With 40 b/w photographic reproductions of interiors, exteriors, and veneers of four "modern" German country villas (* see below). Includes some architectural plans..... More
Bruck, Steiermark: Bacula-Werke, 1910. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Quarto. 2 leaves, 27 plates with 9 printed tissue guards, complete. Original dark string-bound brown wraps with lavish gilt-stamped decorative design on front and back cover. All pages, except introduction but including title page, with decorative gray border framing b/w photographs. The..... More
Torino: C. Crudo & C., 1910-1919? Hardcover. Portfolio. [2],40 plates resting in quarter cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards with string ties. Rare monograph with 40 full-page color reproductions of architectural (visions) drawings by Milan architect/painter Aldo Avat. The plates show palaces, churches, plazas and various other buildings. Two plates in..... More
Cheadle, Cheshire; Liverpool; London: Architectural Students Association, 1943–1950. Softcover. Octavos, various formats, app. 30-40pp. each. Original gray wraps and red and blue lettering, 1943, glossy white two color illustrated wraps, some with b/w photographs, two color lettering, 1944–1945, and spiral-bound illustrated wraps with varying lettering, 1948–1950. Issues 1943 through 1945..... More
Boston: Bates & Guild Company, 1898. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Folio. Half-cloth over paper-covered boards portfolio with string ties and cover-plate, as issued. Rebacked. "The designs presented in this book are those made by Mr. Edmund March Wheelwright, in the four years from 1891 to 1895, when he was City..... More
Bremen: H. M. Hauschild, [1913]. First edition. Softcover. Folio (13 1/2 x 9 3/4"). 48pp (Text), [6] leaves (Plates). Original stiff wrappers, with white lettering to front cover. Frontispiece. Title and text pages within decorative frame. Decorative initials. Illustrated throughout with 17 full-page photographic plates reproduced in photogravure, 25 in-text b/w..... More
Paris: A. Morel, 1869-1872. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (17 3/4 x 13 1/2"). Vol. 1: [4], 56pp (Text), lxxxi (81) leaves (Plates); Vol. 2: [4], 120pp (Text), cxvii (117) leaves (Plates); Vol. 3: [4], 74pp (Text), xcviii (98) leaves (Plates); Vol. 4: [4], 166 (i.e. 168)pp (Text), cv (105) leaves..... More
Paris: Editions Albert Lévy. Librairie centrale des Beaux Arts, 1929-1931. First edition. Hardcover. Volume 1; 8, 38 plates: Volume 2: 8, 42 plates, leafs resting in original 1/4 cloth over printed cover boards portfolios with string ties. Gold lettering on spines. Fascinating work on mural decoration. Most of the photographic..... More